Boris Epshteyn biography: 13 things about political strategist born in Moscow, Russia

Boris Epshteyn is a Russian-American political strategist, attorney and investment banker born in Moscow, Russia to Russian Jews Aleksandr Epshteyn and Anna Shulkina. Boris and his wife Lauren Tanick Epshteyn have one child together.

Boris is a Republican. Here are 13 more things about Boris:

1. In 1993, he and his family immigrated as refugees to Plainsboro Township, New Jersey, United States.
2. In 2000, he graduated from West Windsor-Plainsboro High School South in Princeton Junction, Mercer County, New Jersey.
3. In 2004, he graduated from Georgetown University in Georgetown, Washington, D.C., USA with a bachelor’s degree in foreign service. His friend Eric Trump also attended the university.
4. In 2007, he earned his Juris Doctor from Georgetown University.
5. In 2008, he was a communications aide with the John McCain-Sarah Palin campaign.
6. In 2009, he married Lauren.
7. From 2013 to 2017, he was managing director of business and legal affairs for investment banking firm TGP Securities. In 2014, he was charged with misdemeanor assault after an altercation at a bar, which was dropped after he agreed to undergo anger management counseling and perform community service.
8. He acted as a senior advisor to Donald Trump‘s U.S. presidential campaign, which was formally launched on June 16, 2015 at Trump Tower in New York City, New York, USA.
9. When Donald assumed office as the 45th U.S. president on January 20, 2017, he became a special assistant in Donald’s administration. In March 2017, he resigned. In April 2017, he became Sinclair‘s senior political analyst.
10. In 2019, his segment on Sinclair ended.
11. During the 2020 U.S. presidential campaign, he acted as a senior advisor to Donald’s reelection campaign and the strategic advisor and co-chair of the Jewish Voices for Trump Advisory Board for the campaign.
12. On October 10, 2021, he was arrested and accused of repeatedly groping two women in a nightclub in Arizona, USA. After prosecutors dropped charges of attempted sexual abuse, assault-touching and harass-repeated acts, he pleaded guilty in court in Scottsdale, Arizona to disorderly conduct-disruptive behavior or fighting. He served probation and he was remanded to alcohol treatment.
13. He is advising Donald’s 2024 U.S. presidential campaign. He was 40 years old when Donald was indicted on August 1, 2023 in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia in Washington, D.C. on conspiracy to defraud the U.S., obstructing an official proceeding, conspiracy to obstruct an official proceeding and conspiracy against rights.